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MECHANISM FOR mum; MATCH SPLINTS Filed Nov. 14, 1924 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Se t. 6 1927.

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MICHAEL PARIDON, GF BA RB ERTON, H3), ASSIGNOR T0 THE DIAIYIOND MATCH COM- PANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, B, CGREORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MECI-lIANISM FOR, DIPPL ENG MATCH SPLINTS.

Application filed November 14,1924. Serial No. 749,81?

This invention relates to splint dipping mechanism for match making machines, and more especially to mechanism for immersing progressing rows of splints in a solution of material which is adapted to prevent the afterglow of the splints when, as complete 7 matches, they are individually ignited and sel.

the flame is extinguished. V

The invention is particularly, though not exclusively, designed for use in connection with a match making machine having a continuously moving splint carrier which supports the splints in spaced parallel rows and transports them through the match making cycle, including an impregnating bath.

VAn object of my invention is to effect the immersion of the continuously travelling splints in-the solution for a suflicient period of time to ensure the thorough impregnation of the splints with the solution.

Another object of the invention is to flex the carrier at the impregnating station in such a way as to permit the free and unobstructed passage of the walls of the solutioncontaining vessel between adjacent rows of splints.

Another object of the invention is to ac complish the relatively slow separation of the splints and the solution in which they are immersed,so as to obviate all liability of the formation and retention of globules of liquid on the free extremities of the splints and this without retarding the speed of the carrier. 7

lVith these and other objects in view, my invention comprises novel principles, features of construction, and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described and claimed In the drawings V Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of splintimpregnating mechanism em- 'bodying the principle of my invention, only so much of the match machine being shown as is necessary to illustrate the invention.

F 2 is a detached perspective view of the reservoir for suplying-liquid to the'vess Fig. is a longitudinal vertical section through the vessel and its connections, showing the elementsin their cooperative rela tion when, the vessel is at its limit ot-descent. V s

Fig. t is a similar yiewjshowing the ele sel as in its upward travel and the angular relation of the hinged carrier plates thereto in order to spread the rows of splints to permit the unobstructed upper passage of the walls of the vessel. V

Fig. 6 is a similar section, showing the vessel fully elevated and the opposing tilted carrier plates straightened thereby.

Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical section through the splint carrier on a plane forward of the impregnating mechanism, as on the line 7-7 of Fig. 1. s

Fig. 8 is a partial horizontal section on a plane above the vessel, as onthe line 88 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 9 is a transverse section, partly in elevation, through the splint carrier, the vessel, and ad uncts.

Fig. 10 is a perspective of a portion oi one or the carrier plates and a part of the adjacent rail on which the plate is supported and guided. p

Fig-11 is a similar view of the vessel, and adjuncts.

Fig. 121's a like view of the vessel supporting bed and its link connections.

Referring to the drawings, 15 designates a portion of a continuously moving carrier by means oi? which rows of match splints are held in spa ed parallel relation and are thus transported through the match-making cycle, including a vessel '16 containing impregnating liquid, such as a solution of airmonium phosphate, in which the travelling depending splints (17) on a horizontal run i which mesh the teeth of actuating gear One of these Wheels in the usual manner. gear wheels is indicated at 19, Fig. 1;

The longitudinal edges" of the horizontal run of the splint' carrier travelling above the impregnating vessel, are supported and guided by parallel rails 20. Such rails have ordinarily been constructed and arranged to deflect the carrier downward as it n'ogressed to and above the vessel and then to raise the carrier as it :ulvaneed to the rear oi? the vessel, thus di n'iing the depending splints into and raising them :lrom the impregnaling solution. ,lliei'eupo11 the inune 'nated plints passed to and through a d I a, and thence to paratlin-applying and other instrtunentzdities.

According to my invention the vessel containing the impregnating solution given a compound motion during the continuous travel oi the splint carrier. that is to say, the vessel rapidh raised toward the carrier so as to immerse the depending splints in the solution; it is then advanced concur rently with the iarrier and, at the same time. is gradually lowered to a. plane below the splints, and it is then returned to its original position preparatinrv to a succeei'ling upward nmvement, and so on. The peculiar compound motion thus imparted to the vessel ensures an ellective dipping of the splints, the slow sinking movement preventing the retention ot globules of liquid onv the tree extremities of the splints when the contents oi the vessel escape the splints, as will here inailter appear.

In the prese. instance the vessel 16 is rectangular pan substantially the length of a match plate and the width o't two hinged plates. Such pan is simported beneath the carrier in any suitable way to permit the requisite compound motion at the pan.

The supporting mians herein. illustrated comprises a bed 21 mounted beneath the horizontal path oi the carrier and its splints in such manner as to have capacity for reciprocation longitudinally of the carrier. la the present instance the bed rests on the bottom oil? a suitable drip pan 9.9 and provided at its ends with standards 93 that slidablv en'ibraee the overlying guide rails respectively. he standards 2 are connect ed by links Ell to a. pair of depending arms respectivelv. test on a shalt 26 having its hearings in brackets 27 on the su iporting .t'ramework Q8 oi the match machine. Fixed on the shaft 26 is a rocker-arm 29 having a roll 30 which. by the action of a retracting spring 500 connecting the arm to an over hanging support hill on the main frame, is maintained in operative contact with a cam 31 carried b a shalt 32 which has its bearings in brackets B lalso mounted on the framework. The shaft eontiimousl'v driven from a suitable source at power. and to that end it is shown as equipped with a sprocket wheel to which motion may be transmitted by a chain 3(3. The contmn: of the cam 31 is such that the arm 29 is lowered and permitted to rise durin tlre rotation ol a "am. and the arms :25. in eonseouence, are oscillated to etlectthe rei'ri noizn tion of the bed longitudinally of the carrier. the speed oi the forward stroke of the bed corresponding with that of the overlying portion oi. the carrier, and the backward stroke being timed to return the bed to its original position and beneath the next sue ceeding portion of the carrier.

The standards 2; are provided with vertical guide wavs 3? in which are slidably titted rip-project:ing bars 38 to and between which guide blocks 39 on the respective ends o:;' the pan are secured. These guide blocks are slidahlv titted in the open sides of the guide ways. The upper ends of: the bars 38 are connected by suspension links 40 t0 rocker-arms ll last on a shaft 1-2 having its hearings in brackets alt on the supporting i'ramcwork. Fixed to the shalt it) is an arm -l-lhaving a roll. to that bears on a cam 1-6 carried by the driven shalt The contour of the cam to is such that in an interval of its rotation the arm slatat rest; in another imerval the arm is rapidly raised, and in a aother interval the arm is permitted to do scfncl slowhr until the position oi? rest is rein-hell preparatouv to a. succeeding operating cycle. The descrilwd motions of the arm ll are transmitted through the shaft 42, rocker arms ill and link connections to the pan is, the. latter in its upward motion on casing the depending splints on two overlying carrier plates and thus sublnerging such splints in the contents ot the pan, as previously explaiiled.

During the relatively slow descent of the pan 16 it is carried by the bed 21 in the same general direction and at the same speed as the splint carrier until. the open top of the pan cl .ill'H the lower extremities of the s i lints, whereupon the pan is horizontally retracted by the bed to its original position below the splints and in readiness for a ropetition ot the imn'iersing operation in respect to the splints depending from the next following pair of plates of the travelling car rier, and so on.

in order to permit the rapid elevation ot' the pan, without liability of its walls striking the depending splints oi the carrier. l provide simple and ellicientmeans for Jlexing the hinged plates located above the pan, in a manner to spread or diverge the end rows ot splints ot adjacent pairs of plates. .lccordinglv the upper surfaces of the ra l 0 are interrupted with corresponding series oi? angulated portions which act to flex the plates at their joints as such plates pass to. over and beyond the pan, that is to say, the rails are formed with undulating cam surfaces al adjacent the respective ends of the pan, which surtaces el'leet an angular disposition oi? the hinged plates during their travel, whereby each succeeding pair of plates, when they are positioned directlv above the pan, are oppositely and downwardly incl ned from their hinge connection. and the respective plates which are hinged to the lower edges'ot such inclined plates are inclined upwardly therefrom to the normal level of the rails. (See Fig. 5.) Consequently the rows of splints atthe lower ends of the arched pair of plates above the pan, andthe end rows of splints in the adacent inclined plates, are spread apart when the arched plates are positioned directly above the pan, and ample space is thus afforded for the upward passage of the walls of the pan below the hinged junctures of V the lates. I

As a simple and eflicient means to straighten each succeeding series of flexed carrier plates when the pan is raised, and

thuspe'rinit the uniform immersion of the depending splints in its contents, the pan is provided with a pair of spaced-apart transverse bars 48 having enlarged end portions l9 which are arranged to bear against imperforate bottom portions of the opposing arched plates as the pan approaches the limit of its upward movement. Since no splints depend from the imperforate portions of the plates, not only is the vertical travel of the bars unobstructed by splints but the continuous travel of the carrier is unaffected by the bars. In the present instance plural bars 48 are provided, but a single bar may be used if desired.

The pan 16 is supplied with impregnating liquid in any suitable manner. In the. present instance a reservoir 50 for the liquid is suitably supported in proximity to one end of the pan and has in its bottom an outlet 51 in vertical alignment with the mouth of an inlet fitting 52 in the end of the pan. The reservoir is provided with a depending member 53 which is fixed to an extended por-. tion of the adjacent link 24, said reservoir thus being at all times positioned to supply the impr'egnatingliquid to the pan.

The bed 21 is preferably provided at its respective ends with upstanding lugs 54 which are so positioned as to embrace the ends of the pan 16 and guide the latter inits vertical movement on the bed.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the peculiar compound movement of the pan in relation to the continuously moving splint carrier ensures the immersion of the splints in theimpregnating solution for a suflicient period of time to effect the thorough impregnation of the splints, and this without interfering with the normal speed of the carrier that the flexing of the carrier at the impregnating station permits the rapid and free entry. of the walls. of the pan between the rows of splints, without the otherwise necessity of re-spacing the splints on the car.-

rier; and that the relatively slow removal of the contents of the pan away from the splints obviates all liability of the forn1atio n/ and retention of globulesof ligpidmnthe would be objectionable, since their dissipation in the drying station of the match ma chine, preparatory to the paraffining operat1on, would require a prolonged drying interval in the presence of a high degree of herein disclosed as the mechanism may be modified within the principle of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim r 1. The combination with a splint carrier, of a vessel adapted to contain material for impregnating the splints, and means for producing a relative movement between said vessel and carrier to effect the immersion of the splints in and their separation from the contents of the vessel, the motion of immersion being rapid and the motion of separation being relatively slow.

2. The combination with a splint carrier of a vessel adapted to contain material for impregnating the splints, and means for moving said vessel toward and from the path of thesplints in the carrier so as to immerse the splints in the contents of the vessel, said means being constructed to effect a rapid motion of the vessel toward the path of the splints and a relatively slow motion of the vessel away from such path.

' 3. The combination with a continuously moving splint carrier, of a vessel adapted to contain material for'impregiiating the splints, and means for moving said vessel toward and from the path of the splints in the carrier and in the direction of movement of the carrier and back again, said plates in opposite directions to each other I and thus cant the rows of splints in said.

plates to afford and unobstructed'passage for the walls of the vessel, and means whereby the inclined/plates are returned to their normalpath when the splints are immersed in the contents of the vessel.

1 "o. The comblnation with a splint carrier comprising a chain of flexibly connected free extremities of the s 1' ts? The formaplates, of a vessel adapted to contain matetion of such M the splint ends rial for impregnating the splints, means for 

